March 15, 2012

March is Craft Month - Beaducation Giveaway HQ

WOW! We received almost 300 entries for the Stamped Metal Jewelry giveaway. I loved reading about what you'd do with the prize if you won -- so many of you would share your love of stamping with a friend or family member.

Alas, there can only be one winner. And that winner is --JoAnn Ciraolo!

Beaducation is my favorite site for inspiration, projects and products. I never tire of this site. Whenever I watch it I want to run out into my shop and play. The ultimate dream job to be employed there!!!!!

Congratulations, JoAnn! Please email us to confirm your mailing address. (And you're right, it is pretty great working here!)

More Goodies to Give Away!
The fun is just beginning! We have another fantastic giveaway this week, highlighting a different jewelry making tool -- RESIN!

Don't be intimidated. Resin is a fun medium that is easy to work with if you've got a little bit of training. And of course, we can provide that, too! Check out Debbi Simon's 41-minute FREE class Bezel-Bezel Resin Basics and let Debbi teaches you the ins and outs of working with two-part resin.

I love playing with resin and making scrabble tile jewelry. However, I've tried to make a locket with resin and failed, so it's now just a "frame." I would like to perfect my resin in a bracelet technique, so that's what I'd make first and then re-try the locket.

First off... I as well as a million other people love your company!! I would like to take a photo of my Chihuahua "Bug" and make a necklace with it...then take it to my Vet's office and ask if I can leave it for people to see..and make them a pendant or keychain of their animal for them... I am a huge animal lover and would love to offer this service...

I would make a bracelet for my oldest daughter who is in college, a locket for each of my younger children's Godmothers, a ring for me and my younger daughter and then charms to attach to backpacks and my husband's key chain.

First off I would make a denim inspired bracelet. I have had this idea rattling around in my mind and think resin would be the key to accomplishing it. I like the look of those bezels too. I NEED to get me some bezels to play with!!!

I have been wanting to try this technique. What a great set to get started on a new adventure. I would use the locket and place a photo of my grandson creating a necklace to keep him close at all times.

I would use this set to expand my options for creating jewelry. I have been making different types of jewelry for years, and it makes so sad to see amazing artists limit themselves to one type or style. I suppose there are some people that can speak 7 languages, and some people that just limit themselves to 1. I'd like to be the kind of person that is open to anything! Thank you Beaducation, your company has opened so many different techniques to me.

I would use this set to expand my options for creating jewelry. I have been making different types of jewelry for years, and it makes so sad to see amazing artists limit themselves to one type or style. I suppose there are some people that can speak 7 languages, and some people that just limit themselves to 1. I'd like to be the kind of person that is open to anything! Thank you Beaducation, your company has opened so many different techniques to me.

Wow this resin giveaway is amazing something I have never tries before, and I would love to add a picture of one of my little french bulldoga to one of thoose design. if it wasn't for beaducation I dont think I would have ever created some of my most creative design pieces. Great video advice and classes, keep up the good work guys xxxx

I got my hands on some Ice Resin when Susan and her partner first came out with in the big bottles. Unfortunately I didn't use a lot of it and there it sat on the shelf ever since. I have no idea if it's still good anymore as that was a long time ago. I had collected all kinds of vintage images with the intention of using them with the resin but never got around to it as there wasn't much of a selection of bezels at the time. So, now, if I win this I'll have that opportunity. :-) Thank you for the opportunity!

Did not mean to be annoymous...I love ice resin and would like to make some new spring/summer peices using my friends beautiful miniture water colors. Love beaducation...can we open a sattelite office on the east coast?-:)

For me, I would make a bracelet with the photos of all 5 of my furbabies. Then a locket of my actual human baby. Then I would just go nuts and make all sorts of things for friends and family with photos of their kids, grandkids, pets, lost loved ones, etc. I'd probably experiement a lil bit too by adding beads and other things to give the pieces some dimenions.

You can be so creative with resin.I love working with it. Unfortunately, with the economy, I haven't been able to buy any bezels. I could sure use some. I'm expecting my first grandchild and would love to encase her picture in a resin framed piece.

I have never used resin before but I would LOVE to play around with it and learn another craft. There never can be too many crafts to learn and create so many beautiful items. I would love to make some jewelry for my 2 sisters who mean the world to me and have always been there for me, even though our ages are 14 years apart! (They are twins) The more I learn, the better!

I would use the copper oval bezel or the flower bezel to make a necklace with a picture of my son-he passed away from S.I.D.S in 2009 and I have been wanting to make some jewelry in remembrance of him.

I would use it to make a locket for my sister to remember her dog. He died last November after having been with her for 17 years. He got her through her divorce and other issues with her ex and was a good friend to her.

Wow! I thought the last give-away couldn't be beat :) I've been wanting to learn how to do resin, so this is great timing and will be checking out that video. I would make one pendant with a photo of my 2 boys, and do fun holiday and school spirit projects with others.

I have an Anne Choi bead that has the first line of a poem by William Blake....To see a world in a grain of sand....I've tried many ways to put the next three lines of that together in a necklace.Resin might be my solution!!

I haven't tried this medium yet but if I were to win this giveaway I would start by making 4 matching pendants with a picture of my mother, myself, my daughter and my granddaughter in it that each of us could wear to celebrate the four generations of women. :)

I have loved the look of Resin for a long time, but I've been a bit intimidated by it. I have a 5 year old that would love to "help" make some presents for her friends/cousins. She's the only girl and so we've 'adopted' several friends who act as her 'sisters'. And to sound sad, I'd love to get started on some Christmas gifts.

I remember embedding eggtimers and assorted stuff in resin blocks when I was a teenager. It was a lot fun, but it was stinky and toxic and not a craft you could easily share. I would love to get some of these new resins so that I could share them with my daughter and her friends.

I am a painter and have taken some metal smithing classes in the past. I want to see if I can somehow combine my love of painting with jewelry making. It would be great for experimenting with making some prints of my work and adding it to the pieces in the pack.

I love your website, book, projects and support Beaducation has to offer!

Would love to create lasting memory type jewelry out of this kit - shadow box, etc This would be a perfect for me as I am trying to get more "out" of the box styles and creations for my jewelry line thank you for giving us the opportunity to win

Oh WOW!!! I have wanted to create with Resin for awhile now....Nervous, scared and not sure where to begin....Would love to create a miniature tea party bracelet with small cups and saucers and cakes and yummies.....

I have used Resin to make bottle cap necklaces, and photo pendants but it has been a little while. I just watched the free online class on your site, FREE: Bezel-Bezel Resin Basics by Debbi Simon. All I can say is Wow! I had no idea you could use rub ons, temp tattoos, and other little embellishments. I so want to try all of the techniques Debbi showed in the video so that is what I would do with this kit :) She has rekindled by love of Resin!

Oh how I love ICE resin....would love to win and use some of the wonderful bezels to make picture necklaces with my boys photos and my sweet niece for Mother's day. Resin is a great medium for preserving memories. Love your website and your teaching videos.Sonya Stille

I have three friends who each have children with cancer, and are dealing with treatments and the huge financial burden that comes with it. I would use these to create items to be donated for an auction being held to raise money for childhood cancer research. :)

Wow! Christmas in March! There is so much I could do with that collection, the possibilities are endless. I'd love to have a chance to try. Love your website and especially all the videos I can learn from.

I think I've missed the cut-off for the give away but I would still love to play with Ice Resin!I currently work with a locally available alternative but would like to upgrade the quality of my projects and this is just the ticket!

I’ve been collecting charms for a bracelet for my mother in law and I think incasing them in resin would be perfect! And a locket would be a great present for my sister-in-law; I could put a piece of lace from her wedding dress in it. So many possibilities!